In the early 1980s, Paul Volk (nicknamed Fang), the original bass player for Paul Revere & The Raiders, a popular rock group during the 1960s and 1970s, attended Fullerton College, taking classes in arranging popular jazz and harmony, as well as journalism and creative writing. In addition to his band work, Volk also created music for commercials, wrote freelance music reviews for the Orange County Register, and raised three children.